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USC Coach Steve Sarkisian, quarterback Cody Kessler and linebacker Su'a Cravens won't take the spotlight at Pac-12 Conference football media days until Friday, but hype surrounding the Trojans is already building. On Thursday, the Trojans were ranked 10th in the national preseason coaches' poll. And, for the first time since 2012, they were picked to win the conference title in a media poll. USC received 21 of 45 votes in the Pac-12 poll. Times reporters do not vote in polls. "They're a championship-caliber team," Arizona State quarterback Mike Bercovici said of the Trojans. "They've done it in the past." The last time USC was picked to...

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